UNDER CONSTRUCTION: (Announcement Added) The Unofficial University Challenge (Version 0.2)

Setup
Sims who are Young Adult, Adult or Elder may attend university. You can either create new Sims, use an existing household or split Sims from an existing household.

Create a dorm lot for your Sims to live in and zone it as residential. Merge the Sims you created into a group of 8 Sims.
If you don't have enough Sims to send, merge in Sims that are randomly generated or downloaded from the gallery.

Use the FreeRealEstate cheat to move your Sims into the dorm, then use the "money" cheat to reduce household funds to §1,000. If playing an existing household, you may borrow money from the household funds by using the sims.modify_funds cheat to subtract the money from the main household, and the same cheat to add it to the university household.

Only one dorm is required for the challenge, though you may create others to visit.

Next, create a community lot where classes are located. When at class, you must follow a list of tasks in the "Majors" section of the challenge. It is recommended you create one lot that combines all the classes, as otherwise it will not be possible to control multiple Sims at once.

Aging should be disabled during this challenge. An optional exception can be made if you're playing on Long lifespan.

Core Rules
There are "majors" that you can choose from. Each major has a set of tasks and skills that a Sim must accomplish in order to pass. Like in The Sims 2 University, there are four semesters (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) and each lasts a Sim week.

Class takes place on every weekday and lasts between 15:00 and 17:00 (I've chosen one specific time for all majors, as it would be extremely difficult to micro-manage in a player enforced challenge). There is also homework to complete for each major. The homework assignment is to be completed every day unless stated otherwise.

Each Sim starts with 0 points for each semester. The maximum amount of total points to get per semester is 10. If a Sim has a negative amount of points at the end of the semester, that Sim will have to repeat it. If this happens twice, that Sim will be kicked from the challenge and never allowed to attend university again. Sims that are only made for roommates are exempt from the challenge and not required to participate in any rules or even be controlled at all.

How to earn and lose points:

Arrive on the class lot before 15:30 with the right skills and start the assigned task: +1
Complete the assigned task: +1
Don't complete homework: -1
Arrive on the class lot without the right skills: -1
Arrive on the class lot after 15:30: -2
Arrive on the class lot but don't start the assigned tasks: -2
Don't arrive on the class lot at all and miss class altogether: -3

Majors (Under Construction)
This list is currently under construction!

(*) Art (Painting) (*)

Freshman
Required Skills: 2 Painting
Task: Paint a medium sized painting on the easel. Once done, paint anything you want for the remaining time. The main painting must be completed on time. Paintings should be hung on the lot wall and not sold.
Homework: Paint four small paintings while Inspired. Hang them on the wall of the class lot.

Sophomore
Required Skills: 4 Painting
Task: Paint a large sized "Realism" or "Abstract" painting on the easel. Once done, paint anything you want for the remaining time. The main painting must be completed on time. Paintings should be hung on the lot wall and not sold.
Homework: Paint eight Sad paintings. Hang them on the wall of the class lot.

Junior
Required Skills: 6 Painting
Task: Paint a large sized "Surrealism" or "Impressionism" painting on the easel. Once done, paint anything you want for the remaining time. The main painting must be completed on time. Paintings should be hung on the lot wall and not sold.
Homework: Paint four Sad paintings and four Confident paintings. Hang them on the wall of the class lot.

Senior
Required Skills: 8 Painting
Task: Paint a painting worth §600 or more on the easel. Once done, paint anything you want for the remaining time. The main painting must be completed on time. Paintings should be hung on the lot wall and not sold.
Homework: Paint four Sad paintings, four Confident paintings and two Angry paintings. Hang them on the wall of the class lot.

(*) Literature (Writing) (*)

Freshman
Required Skills: 2 Writing
Task: Practice writing from the start of class to end. If you stop for anything, you fail the task.
Homework: Finish writing a book. This can be completed over the course of the whole week, including weekends. Once done, place the book in a bookshelf on the class lot and don't publish it.

Sophomore
Required Skills: 4 Writing
Task: Write a book from the start of class to end. If you stop for anything, you fail the task. Once done, place the book in a bookshelf on the class lot and don't publish it.
Homework: Finish writing a book. This can be completed over the course of the whole week. This time it does not include weekends. This must be a different book from the one you write in class. Once done, place the book in a bookshelf on the class lot and don't publish it.

Junior
Required Skills: 6 Writing
Task: Write a book from the start of class to end. If you stop for anything, you fail the task. Once done, place the book in a bookshelf on the class lot and don't publish it.
Homework: Finish writing a book. This must be done in the first four days, and then is no longer required. This must be a different book from the one you write in class. Once done, place the book in a bookshelf on the class lot and don't publish it.

Senior
Required Skills: 8 Writing
Task: Write a book from the start of class to end. If you stop for anything, you fail the task. Once done, place the book in a bookshelf on the class lot and don't publish it.
Homework: Finish writing a book. This must be done every two days, but you get the last day off from it. This must be a different book from the one you write in class. Once done, place the book in a bookshelf on the class lot and don't publish it.

(*) Music (Any Musical Instrument) (*)

Freshman
Required Skills: 2 Musical Skill
Task: Practice musical instrument from the start of class to end. If you stop for anything, you fail the task.
Homework: Practice musical instrument for at least six hours total.

Sophomore
Required Skills: 4 Musical Skill
Task: Play two short songs using the musical instrument. Spend any remaining time either practicing or playing other songs.
Homework: Play two songs, and practice musical instrument for at least six hours total.

Junior
Required Skills: 6 Musical Skill
Task: Play one long song and one short song using the musical instrument. Spend any remaining time either practicing or playing other songs.
Homework: Play two long songs and three short songs, and practice musical instrument for at least six hours total.

Senior
Required Skills: 8 Musical Skill
Task: Play one long song and one short song using the musical instrument. Spend any remaining time either practicing or playing other songs.
Homework: Write a custom song within the first four days, and play the song in class on the last day.

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This sounds neat so far! I am bookmarking this!

"Zerbu;12769324" wrote:
Core Rules


Class takes place on every weekday and lasts between 15:00 and 17:00 (I've chosen one specific time for all majors, as it would be extremely difficult to micro-manage in a player enforced challenge). There is also homework to complete for each major.



How to earn and lose points:

Arrive on the class lot before 15:30 with the right skills and start the assigned task: +1

Arrive on the class lot after 15:30: -2

You have the top part with 1500-1700 and then to get points you arrive before 15:30. Shouldn't you have to be on time?

15:00 is the earliest you can start the task, but you're given an extra 30 minutes to get ready and there on time. :)